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Who can Enroll in the Georgia Film Academy Courses? How do I Register?

You have a number of options for registering to take the GFA classes:

If you are already a university/college student at one of our partner schools listed below, click through the link to find out more about how you can take the GFA classes for credit at your school.

If you are not a college student but would like to pursue an AA or BA Degree, decide which of our partner schools below offering GFA courses is right for you, and then click through to find out information on how to apply.

If you are not a college student and would like to take the GFA courses just for the certification, but not for college credit, Clayton State, Georgia Piedmont Technical College and Atlanta Technical College offer continuing education options.

About the Georgia Film Academy

Our courses, which are being offered through our University System of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia partners, will provide students with extensive hands-on experience. Students will have an opportunity to network, build resumes and learn to market themselves in order to become integrated into the film industry as entry-level workers. The GFA Program will not only give you professional training in the film production crafts but an opportunity to earn credits towards your AA, AAS or BA degree!

The Georgia Film Academy is a collaborative effort of the University System of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia supporting workforce needs of the film and digital entertainment industries. The academy will certify workforce ready employees in needed areas, connect students and prospective employees with employers, and offer a unique capstone experience for top students that will provide them a path to employment in Georgia.

Greg O’Bradovich - Director of Strategic Partnerships and Special Projects

Greg O’Bradovich is an Intellectual Property attorney with over 18 years of experience securing patents, trademarks and copyrights across multiple industries. Greg is also the son of three-time Emmy Award winning and Oscar nominated make-up artist, Bob O’Bradovich, and grandson of the composer of I’m a Little Teapot, George Sanders.

Greg served on the Board of Governors of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority that operates the Georgia World Congress Center, the Georgia Dome, Centennial Olympic Park, and the College Football Hall of Fame. He was also the Chair of the Centennial Olympic Park Committee, and has served on committees with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce to study digital and post-production tax incentives.

In addition to his civic work, Greg is also the co-founder of The Fiction Farm, LLC, a Georgia based company created to develop and produce cross media projects including feature films, games, merchandise and publications.

Prior to joining the Georgia Film Academy, Greg consulted with the Jacoby Group in the development of the Atlanta Media Campus. As part of the workforce development effort in Georgia, part of the Atlanta Media Campus’ vision was to train film crew on independent film projects. At the Atlanta Media Campus Greg served as Head of Education where he interfaced with various Georgia Universities and Technical Schools as well as the Board of Regents.

Kate McArdle - Director of Film Workforce Development and Capstone Projects

Kate McArdle spent the first twenty years of her career working as a producer and creative executive in the entertainment industry. As a development executive she worked with writers and producers to create content for television and theatrical feature films. As a high-level cable executive at USA Cable network and as a producer with actor Michael Douglas, she was in charge of creating the stories that would become mainstream entertainment.

After many years in entertainment Kate decided to use her experience in “telling stories” to reach out to the next generation and help them chart their own career courses. As a consultant, Kate began working with Universities and film programs, offering lectures and workshops designed to help students on their own career paths. This consulting work lead to a position with Columbia College in Los Angeles as the Director of Career Development and Alumni Relations where she spent three and a half years advising students on career paths and helping them to secure jobs in the entertainment industry.

Jeffrey Stepakoff - Executive Director

Jeffrey Stepakoff was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an accomplished writer-producer and an experienced academic, with a twenty-eight year entertainment industry career that includes sweeping internationally-recognized credits, leadership roles in content creation and production management, and a track record of collaboration, innovation, and success in virtually all forms of commercial media.

After earning a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and then completing his Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama, Stepakoff moved to Hollywood and began writing and producing film, television and digital entertainment.

He has “written by” or “story by” credits on thirty-seven television episodes, has written for fifteen different series, and has been a writer and/or writer-producer on eight primetime or first-run cable staffs, credited on more than two hundred episodes of popular television. The TV credits for which he is most known include the Emmy-winning The Wonder Years, Sisters, Wild Card, Hyperion Bay, The Magic School, C16:FBI, Robin's Hoods, Land's End, Flipper, Sons & Daughters, Major Dad, The Yakov Smirnoff Show, Beauty & the Beast, Have Faith, Simon & Simon, and break-out hit Dawson's Creek, where he was Co-Executive Producer. Until July 2015, he worked as the Co-Executive Producer of Chasing Life for ABC Family.

Stepakoff has also created and developed pilots for many of the major studios and networks, including 20th Century, Paramount, MTM, Fox and ABC, and a variety of production companies and producers, such as Alloy Entertainment (Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries), Michael Pillar (Star Trek: Voyager, Deep Space Nine), and David Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue).

He has also developed and written major motion pictures, including Disney’s Brother Bear, Tarzan, for which Phil Collin’s won an Academy Award, and EM Entertainment’s Lapitch, Croatia’s selection for the 1998 Academy Awards.

Stepakoff has worked for numerous entertainment companies in the research and digital arts space, such as SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment, HarperCollins Interactive, Citicorp Transactional Technology, Digital Pictures, Inscape (HBO/Time Warner), and Universal Studios. He wrote the popular videogames Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka. Creating a new storytelling model as one of the first “webisodic” shows, and the initial original content project for the digital media division of Paramount Studios, he developed and wrote Perspectives, an interactive drama series for the internet.

There are over a million copies of Stepakoff’s novels in print in twenty languages, as well.

Scott Votaw - Director of Production

Scott Votaw is a 25-year veteran of the Entertainment Industry. He has worked on Feature Films, Episodic Television Series, National Commercials, Direct to Video projects, and 2D/3D Animation Series. He was VP of Production & Development for Classic Entertainment for 7 years, and President of his own company, Kidzvid Entertainment, specializing in Children’s entertainment series, 3D Animation, Music and Audio Post Production.

Over the past 6 years, Scott has worked with area school districts and colleges to create exciting opportunities for young people in the film and TV production industry. He served as the Executive Director of the Georgia Film Institute/Southern Crescent Technical College for 2 years where he created film curriculum for the Technical College System of Georgia, managed instruction, and worked with the entertainment industry in Georgia to provide job opportunities for young aspiring filmmakers.

As Director of the Film Capstone Experience, Scott will be overseeing the “semester on set” practicum programs for the Georgia Film Academy that will provide hands-on production training and experience for students, preparing them for jobs in the motion picture and episodic TV production industry.

Dr. Aaron Levy - Director of Academics

A former high school English teacher, Aaron Levy is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English Education at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, GA. In the summer of 2016, he began serving as the Director of Academics for the Georgia Film Academy. He earned his MFA in creative writing from Arizona State University, go Sun Devils! His first work for young adults, Pizza With Shrimp On Top (Dramatic Publishing), has enjoyed over 60 national and international productions, and was nominated for the 2007 Distinguished National Play Award for the Middle and Secondary School Audiences. Recently, his stories have appeared in Bohemia Art & Literary Journal, Every Day Fiction, Black Heart Magazine, Linguistic Erosion, and Eleveneleven Arts and Literary Journal. Levy's play BOLT CUTTER MAN was selected for production by Thespian Production Inc's for its 2014 Halloween Play Festival this October in NYC's Joria Mainstage Theatre. Levy is really excited about the debut of his first young adult novel, Blood Don't Lie which was just released by Good Reads Press in March, 2017. For more information about Levy and his work, along with tons of teacher resources, visit www.aaronlevy.org.

Wendy Quinn - Academic Program Manager

Wendy Quinn is an award-winning Showrunnner, Producer, Writer and Project Manager with over 15 years of television production experience, including documentary, non-fiction, true crime, scripted drama and reality programming. She began her career as an assistant editor in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles where she was a network staff producer and freelance producer/writer of more than 50 hours of original content for E! Entertainment Television, WeTV, A&E, USA, Paramount, Bio and PBS. Wendy relocated to Atlanta in 2011 and worked as a senior producer, writer and showrunner on more than a dozen series for Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, Travel, Up and Cooking Channel, among others.

Wendy now serves as the Academic Program Manager for the Georgia Film Academy and is committed to their mission of training and building a sustainable workforce and talent pool for the film industry in Georgia.

Blair Witte - Administrative Coordinator

Blair Witte has spent most of her life in Georgia and loves everything the south has to offer. Graduating from Georgia State University with a BBA in Finance, Blair found herself leaning away from that field. She worked for the Board of Regents in the Chancellors Office and Student Affairs while in college. She is now the Administrative Coordinator for the Georgia Film Academy and makes sure the office runs smoothly while providing daily assistance to her coworkers.

Dr. Teresa Joyce - Academic Affairs Consultant

Dr. Teresa Joyce serves as an Academic Affairs consultant for the GFA. Teresa completed her undergraduate degree at Saint Bonaventure University and MBA and Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. Teresa joined Kennesaw State University (KSU) in 1987 as an Assistant Professor of Management. She then went on to serve as Chair of the Department of Management & Entrepreneurship, Dean of the Graduate College, and then in 2008, became the University's first Associate Provost. She held this position until 2014 when she accepted the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University System of Georgia. Upon retirement from the University System of Georgia earlier this year, she was recognized as Professor Emeritus of Management at KSU.

In addition to her positions at Kennesaw State and the University System of Georgia, she has served on the faculty of Saint Bonaventure University, and as a Visiting Professor at Emory University. Dr. Joyce is the author and co-author of numerous articles on the topics of organizational change, strategic planning, and human resource management.

Brandy Dennard - Executive Assistant

Brandy Dennard joined the Georgia Film Academy as Executive Assistant to Jeffrey Stepakoff in September of 2016. She comes to GFA from the Board of Regents Information Technology Services department. Brandy has over 15 years of support experience and is currently obtaining her Public Administration degree as a student with Central Michigan University. As an integral part of the support system within the office, Brandy performs many tasks that help the office run smoothly.

Tracy Kent - Business Operations Manager

Tracy Kent is a native of Miami, Florida who attended Keiser University in Ft. Lauderdale before moving to Georgia. For the past 10 years she has worked for the Georgia Board of Regents in various positions in administration, IT, and events coordination. Tracy continues to build on her success by attending classes, lectures and seminars.

Tobias Yoshimura

Tobias received his Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago, Creative Producing, Cinematic Arts. He also is an Avid Certified Instructor on both Media Composer and Protools, as well as an Avid Certified Support Representative (ACSR) in Media Composer.

He began his professional career in New York city at the network level as the Head of Research at "Saturday Night Live." His ability to rapidly turn around story into production put him in the position of producing several of the scripted comedy shorts that run on the long-standing series. Lorne Michaels’ production company, Broadway Video, immediately pulled him out of SNL and put him in supervisory role in the post production of SNL's shorts and other internal productions. This position led to his first production support position when he was requested by Robert Wuhl to coordinate his HBO special on Broadway, which included immense staging and logistic camera support.

This first live event led to a run of major productions that ranged from Penn & Teller's "Don't Try This At Home" at Radio City Music Hall to “Comic Relief 90" and "The Re-Opening of Ellis Island" for Don Micher. Tobias’ growing knowledge of major event production let to his next step, taking them on the road. Tobias was invited by HBO to run Dice's stadium comedy tour culminating in "The Diceman Cometh II For Ladies Only."

Turning toward the creative, Tobias took a job as the show producer on the "Jerry Springer Show" where, during his tenure, Jerry finally surpassed Oprah in the daytime ratings and achieved one of the highest daytime ratings in the show's history. Capitalizing on his road show experience, Springer turned to Tobias when taking Jerry on the road. Tobias served dual roles as both the creative producer and the road manager when Jerry pulled up its stakes and took the massive stage and 26 cameras to the streets. Tobias was responsible for moving this small army from the Olympic super-dome in Sydney to the shores of Jamaica.

Continuing on his creative path, he moved to Los Angeles and served as a producer on NBC's "Who Wants to Marry My Dad" and “Design Invasion" before getting called back to moving armies. This time, it was Jerry Bruckheimer's seven-time Emmy award winning reality show "The Amazing Race." Working for three seasons (all three winning an Emmy) with Bertram Van Munster and Jerry Bruckheimer, Tobias was responsible for moving an army once again. This time around the world, literally building roads up mountains and taking over cities. Following “The Amazing Race," he accepted the coordinating producer position on A&E Networks’ hit series "Criss Angel MINDFREAK," Mark Burnett Productions "Wedding Day," VH1's hit series, "The Springer Hustle" and "My Antonio" as well as NBC Universal’s "The Steve Wilkos Show," Original Media's “NY INK” on TLC, and HGTV's premiere hit series “All American Handyman.”
Most recently, Tobias created MTV International’s Australian original series “Freshwater Blue," filmed over two years in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. This series was nominated for a Logie Award for “Best Original Series.” Tobias also founded Film Biscuit LLC, a feature film studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. Film Biscuit has since produced two studio feature films in Atlanta.

John Grace

John Grace is a veteran Director of Photography and cameraman with over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has worked on scores of theatrical features and national television shows and on hundreds of industrials and commercials. During the past few years he has shot projects for ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, ESPN, TNN, PBS, The History Channel, Discovery, The Learning Channel, Lifetime and Walt Disney Studios. Grace’s independent films have garnered over 30 state and national awards and his former production company received over a dozen Telly Awards in just three years.

Grace created a "Digital Bootcamp" to teach the basics of digital filmmaking to volunteers at the Duke City Shootout - the Nation's first film-making festival and the inspiration for the 48 Hour Film Project. He created and taught a number of film classes at Central New Mexico Community college (CNM) before being hired to teach film and video production at DATA Charter High School in Albuquerque. For the past 15 years, he has also offered technical production classes at the Continuing Education department of University of New Mexico.

Grace is a former Vice President of IATSE Local 480, the union representing film technicians in the state of New Mexico and he continues to work as a Director of Photography, gaffer and studio teacher on professional productions. He joined the GFA in May of 2016 and currently teaches technical production classes at Savannah Technical College.

Brian Gunter

Brian Gunter was born and raised in Atlanta, and except for five years in Athens, GA at the University of Georgia, he has lived here his entire life. While still in Athens, Brian did his first two jobs in the film business on corporate films. After leaving UGA with a bachelor degree from the Henry Grady School of Journalism, Brian entered the film business as a freelance electrician - a member of the lighting crew. He worked on close to forty movies as an electrician, and advanced to electrical best boy on several more, including “The Mosquito Coast”. Around 1987, Brian started working as a Gaffer - the Chief Lighting Technician. He worked as the Gaffer on over forty movies, including “Sweet Home Alabama”, “October Sky”, “The Gingerbread Man”, “RoboCop 3”, “The Mothman Prophecies”, “The War”, “The Newton Boys”, “Diabolique”, “Remember the Titans”, “Last Holiday”, “Pink Panther 2”, “Get Low” and many more, providing him the opportunity to work with many of the best Directors of Photography working in the industry. In 2010, Brian started working in the Camera Department as a Camera Operator and Director of Photography. As an Operator he worked on “Anchorman 2”, “Last Vegas”, “The Three Stooges”, “The Good Guys” and several more. He worked as a Director of Photography on the 2nd unit of “The Blind Side”; the 2nd unit of “Pink Panther 2”, VFX unit on “Goosebumps”, the 1st and 2nd units of “Hurricane Season” to name a few. Throughout his career, he has had the good fortune to work with some of the best directors and most accomplished actors/actresses in the world. Having worked at the top level of the industry for many, many years, Brian decided to get off the set and pursue a career in teaching young people what they need to enter and maintain a rewarding career in the film business. He is an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University, which is a signatory to the GA Film Academy.

Dan A. R. Kelly

As an instructor, Dan Kelly brings a variety of experience to share with students. With a background in live theater, Dan earned his BFA in Film Directing from the prestigious University of North Carolina – School of the Arts in 2001, and his MFA in Screenwriting from Hollins University in 2014. He worked his way through many below-the-line departments in film production, with his most recent credits as a Production Coordinator, while simultaneously pursuing an independent career as a writer and director. Dan served as a Screenwriter and Producer for the film Susie’s Hope.

Dan earned multiple national and regional awards for his stage plays and short films before moving into writing and producing feature films. In 2015, Dan’s screenplay Chattanooga was a finalist in the Big Break Screenwriting Contest and a quarter-finalist in the Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship. His co-written script for Ocean Drive is in development with Fred Roos Productions, and he recently completed the screenplay El Medico that is in production with Café Oscura Films. Dan continues to develop other projects as a producer and writer.

With teaching experience at other two-year and four-year colleges, Dan is proud to work with the unique GFA program. Partnering with major film productions, Dan advises students to find their “superpower” that makes them an invaluable team player. GFA is creating the next generation of filmmakers for Georgia's booming industry!

Chuck E. Kerr

Chuck Kerr started working in film & television 20 years ago. Chuck is a member of IATSE and IBEW. In addition to working as a studio mechanic and stagehand, he has worked as a film instructor for over 11 years. He shares his knowledge and the magic he has gathered through the years working in the entertainment business with his students and colleagues. His rewards are that his efforts will be recognized through the success of his students on the big screen.

Brian Krass

Bryan Krass grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee. He earned a BA in History from University of Evansville and an MFA in Film and Television Production from Savannah College of Art of Design. Following his schooling, Bryan moved to Los Angeles and worked as a grip, electric, best boy electric, and dolly grip in that market as well as Louisiana. He is most proud of his work as the gaffer of the TV game show "The Catch: Costa Rica" and documentary "Mayan Blue." He has been an educator since 2011. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys studying history and playing mini-golf.

Akil DuPont

Through the course of his career as a storyteller in theatre and film, Akil DuPont has earned 25 awards in 36 film festivals including 2 Student Emmys! His films have played in over 60 countries and his short film, "Underground" - a slave story told through song created in 2010, was invited by the US Department of the Interior for a special screening at US President Abraham Lincoln's Home Museum. In 2014, he was named #7 of the top 100 indie filmmakers in the world.

Akil was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Florida A&M University (FAMU) and a MFA in Film Production from Florida State University (FSU). Recently, Akil has worked and studied tirelessly to transform "Underground" into a musical play worthy of his ancestors. After years of work, Akil was pleased to have "Underground" World Premiere as the Closing Night Event at the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, travel to New York City to be directed by TONY award winner, Ben Harney, with the Negro Ensemble Company and be the very first show in the inaugural Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival in 2016!

Akil has worked in the film/television industry in the Atlanta area as a Set Photographer, Lighting Designer and Editor for television on the Oxygen Network. He is currently a Professor and Interim Director of the Film & Digital Media Center at Clayton State University and teaches film production with the Georgia Film Academy at Pinewood Film Studios.

GFA Course 1 – Introduction to On-Set Film Production

6 credits

This course is the first of an 18-credit hour certificate program which provides an introduction to the skills used in on-set film production, including all forms of narrative media which utilize film-industry standard organizational structure, professional equipment and on-set procedures. In addition to the use of topical lectures, PowerPoint presentations, videos and hand-outs, the course includes demonstrations of equipment and set operations as well as hands-on learning experiences. Students will learn: film production organizational structure, job descriptions and duties in various film craft areas, names, uses and protocols related to various pieces of professional on-set film equipment. Students will also learn, through lecture and exercises, how the various film crafts relate to one-another on a working set, as well as how and why they all must operate in sync. In addition, students will learn skills related to networking and self-marketing.

GFA Film & Television Production Internship

6 credits

Upon successful completion of GFA Course 1, the GFA Film & Television Production Internship course is a 6-hour option as part of the 18 credit hours needed for the Georgia Film Academy (GFA) Certification Program. The course is designed to provide students with a basic level of on-set film production skills, knowledge and experience with film-industry standards, organizational structure, professional equipment and on-set procedures by giving students hands-on experience on the sets and offices of working film productions and businesses. Students will also have an opportunity to network and to build resumes in order to help market themselves with the intention of integrating into the film industry as entry-level workers.

All productions will be conducted under the auspices of a professional production entity, production company studio or film business. All aspects of on-set and production office activities will be conducted at a level of professional standards common to the film industry. Particular emphasis will be placed on safety and the recognition and application of industry-standard safety practices.

While some of the GFA Internship course will feature a more in-depth analysis of the various production crafts, the bulk of the course will focus on professional-level projects, on which students will have active roles in on-set and production office crafts. The Internship is a competitive program dictated by the amount of available on-set internship opportunities. Internships are NOT guaranteed to anyone.

GFA Specialty Craft Course: Set Construction & Scenic Painting

6 credits

This course is designed to equip students with entry-level skills and knowledge of set construction for the film and television industry. Students will participate in goal oriented class projects including reading blueprints, set safety, use of power tools, carpentry, scenic paint and sculpting. A large emphasis will be placed on set etiquette including, but not limited to, attitude, professionalism and technique on and off set.

GFA Specialty Craft Course: Lighting & Electric

6 credits

This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge of electrical distribution and set lighting on a motion picture or episodic television set in order to facilitate their entry and advancement in the film business. Students will participate in goal oriented class projects including power distribution, set protocol and etiquette, properly setting lamps, department lingo, how to light a set to feature film standards, motion picture photography, etc. A large emphasis will be placed on set etiquette including, but not limited to, attitude, professionalism and technique on and off set.

GFA Specialty Craft Course – Grip & Rigging

6 credits

Grip & Rigging is an introduction and orientation to the practice of rigging and supporting grip equipment, cameras, vehicles and other physical/mechanical devices. In addition to a gaining a thorough knowledge of the equipment used in grip and rigging, students will engage in on-set exercises in inventory, maintenance, set-up, trouble-shooting, teamwork, set protocol and safety.

Internship Course

GFA Film & Television Production Internship is now a competitive program dictated by the amount of available on-set internship opportunities.

Internships are NOT guaranteed to anyone.

Students who successfully complete GFA 1 with a "B" or above AND a Specialty Craft Course with a "B" or above are eligible to apply for the Internship course.

Students will be evaluated during GFA 1 and their Specialty Craft Course(s), using a standardized and objective assessment tool announced on the first day of the course, and ranked according to their final score.

After students have completed GFA 1 and at least one Specialty Craft Course, they may fill out an application to apply for the Internship for the upcoming semester. After the applications are processed, students will be notified where they are on the GFA Internship list, and whether they are eligible to register for the Internship course for the following semester.

The amount of opportunities will always be dictated by the industry need.

The types of internship will always be dictated by production and their stated needs.

If a student does not get placed on an internship during their desired semester, they can reapply during the application period for a future semester.

Students can still earn a GFA Certificate without taking the internship course simply by successfully completing two Specialty Craft Courses.

Students who did not initially receive an internship may complete one or two Specialty Craft Course(s) and reapply for the internship. With successful completion, they will be higher on the internship list due to their recent specialized training.

Students who earn their GFA Production Certificate with two Specialty Craft Courses may still apply for the Internship course for a future semester. These students will likely be higher on the list due to their recently completed specialized training.

Students who earn a D or below in GFA 1 can take GFA 1 again.

For degree seeking students, the GFA and all our partner institutions have agreed that the best time to take the Internship course, should you qualify, is during your final semester or the semester immediately after you graduate. Students should check with their home institutions on any specific policies regarding Internship course registration and timing.

Professional Training in the Crafts of Filmmaking!

The film industry in Georgia is booming – currently ranked third in the nation and fifth in the World for number of productions (behind only Hollywood and New York). Industry growth over the next 3-5 years is projected to generate 3,000 - 5,000 new jobs in Georgia, most of which are on the set. The average earnings in these jobs are $84,000 a year.

However, getting into the industry is not easy. On-set film workers need a very specific set of skills attained by working on industry-standard equipment as well as experience on professional productions.

The GFA is a unique-in-the-nation, state-wide effort which provides you with:

Multi-disciplinary training by professionals in the film, TV and new media industries.

In classroom course work coupled with on-set, hands-on training.

Opportunity to work on “real world” projects in order to develop recognized film credits, through partnerships with professional productions.

Hands-on instruction and training working with a package of professional equipment (cameras, sound gear, lights, etc.) as well as production trucks, generators and sound studio space.

One-on-one job counseling to include resume preparation, job research and job placement outreach.

This course is designed to certify students with Avid Media Composer User Certification. This certification is recognized worldwide as the industry standard for assistant editors in feature films and broadcast television. This course will equip students with a unique skillset and knowledge of industry standard digital imaging, editorial process and story forging on both motion picture and episodic nonlinear productions. At the end of the course the students will be qualified to advance a career in entertainment post production of film and television.

Introduction to Special Makeup Effects

6 credits (Debuts Fall 2018)

This course is designed to educate students with entry-level skills and knowledge in practical Special Effects (SFX) Makeup for the film and television industry. Students will participate in goal-oriented class projects including fabrication, material safety, using casting materials, professional make-up, sculpting, airbrushing, and design.

Production Accounting

3 credits (Coming soon)

This course is designed to give students a broad understanding of Production Accounting and related production concepts. Students will learn the fundamentals of Production Accounting for the entertainment industry, including how to manage the finances on a production and maintain accurate records. This course will explain the relationship between the production accounting department, the producers, the production office and set. Practical experience will be created by the use of industry standard software.